H.E.​ Senior​ Minister​ Prak​ Sokhonn,​ Minister​ of​ Foreign​ affairs​ and​ International​ Cooperation​ of​ the​ Kingdom​ of​ Cambodia​ led​ a​ Cambodian​ delegation​ to​ attend​ the​ General​ Debate​ of​ 72nd​ Session​ of​ the​ United​ Nation​ General​ assembly,​ under​ the​ theme:​ “Focusing​ on​ people:​ striving​ for​ peace​ and​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/outcomes-of-the-general-debate-during-72nd-session-of-the-united-nations-general-assembly-and-other-meetings-from-19-25-september-2017-new-york-usa/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has announced a series of large aid packages to Cambodia at the end of his first visit to the country this week as Cambodia turns further away from Western donors. a total of 19 agreements were signed to fund large-scale <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-pm-wraps-up-cambodia-visit-promising-huge-aid-package/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a tributary in Phnom Penh’s Phum Prek Toal district that flows into Boeng Tompun, a mountain of plastic, garbage and waste has built up to the point where it stifles the water from flowing. Embattled residents who live next to the pile of waste <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/river-of-waste/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Cults and Religion has said it will consider lodging a complaint against activist monk But Buntenh following his remarks that Cambodians, including the King, drink contaminated water. Cambodian Youth Party President Pich Sros, who initially had said he was thinking about lodging <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/religion-ministry-plans-to-sue-activist-monk-but-buntenh-under-lese-majeste/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is preparing to construct the longest wooden boat to break a world record currently held by China by making a boat about 85 metres long that can hold nearly 200 people. Sar Sokha, vice president of the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-aims-to-construct-worlds-longest-wood-boat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is aiming to diversify its exports after signing an agreement with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) yesterday following the first session of a joint working group seeking to expand trade cooperation between the two sides. “Moreover, Cambodia wants to increase the trade volume and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/courting-eurasian-states/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Plans for a railway line connecting Bavet city in Svay Rieng province to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city were revealed this week by the Minister of Transport. During a meeting with Nguyen Nhat, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Transport, Cambodian Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said both governments <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-rail-link-with-vietnam-on-the-cards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Troubled Cambodian telecoms operator Mfone will be disposed of by its parent company, Thaicom, in the coming weeks for $100 to INT Management Service Company Limited (INT), according to a filing with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Shenington Investment, a subsidiary of Thaicom and the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thaicom-to-sell-mfone-for-100/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eight representatives of Phnom Penh communities involved in land disputes were allowed to present their petitions to the Council of Ministers yesterday after authorities blocked about 200 of their fellow petitioners from gathering in front of the Peace Palace. During a meeting with the representatives, Bun <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/peace-palace-petitions-sent-to-prime-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

TTY director-general Na Marady, a well-known Cambodian tycoon, has been accused of owing money to farmers from whom he bought potatoes on credit more than a year ago in Memot district’s Koki and Kompoan communes in Kampong Cham province. The villagers complained on Friday that Na <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tty-tycoon-owes-potato-debt-villagers-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian villagers demonstrated on Friday against a controversial Lao hydropower dam that activists say is being built in defiance of an agreement to assess its potentially damaging impact on millions of people first. about 200 villagers whose livelihoods depend on the Mekong River urged a halt <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-villagers-protest-controversial-laos-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

TK Garment Co Ltd, a leading Thai original equipment manufacturer for fashion lines in Thailand, is relocating its largest production site to Cambodia to escape high wage costs, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. according to Ken Loo, secretary general of the Garment Manufacturers association in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-cheap-labour-attracts-interest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

German sportswear brand Puma is seeking information on why the Svay Rieng Provincial Court decided to charge former Bavet City Governor Chhouk Bundith with causing unintentional injuries, a Puma representative said yesterday. Mr Bundith is the sole suspect in a shooting in Bavet City on February <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/puma-wants-facts-behind-governors-charge/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Major international garment and shoe brands have expressed interest in funding a food program that would feed Cambodian factory workers lunches in an effort to improve health and productivity, a labour advocate said on Wednesday. Dave Welsh, country director of the american Center for International Labor <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brands-proving-free-lunches-might-exist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kratie Provincial Court yesterday issued a search warrant for the home of Chum Vuthy, a man who allegedly trades in luxury wood, in Kratie City, provincial police said. Mr. Vuthy had been transporting a load of illegal lumber from Stung Treng City to Vietnam and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-search-home-of-luxury-wood-trader-in-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has received a US$1 million grant in order to develop its milled rice industry and strengthen the country’s exporting capacity, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce. It is part of a larger, US$3-4 million grant from the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), a partnership <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/milled-rice-boost-cambodia-gets-us1-million-grant-for-milled-rice-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Entertainment Gaming asia Inc. (EGa), a U.S.-listed gaming firm operating primarily in Cambodia, posted a 93 percent decrease in profits for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2011, according to the company’s financial statement released Tuesday. “The decrease <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-posts-fall-in-profits-on-slot-machines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Rights groups said they will continue to advocate in land grabbing and eviction cases, and villagers involved in such disputes said they will continue to turn to NGOs for help despite a warning by Prime Minister Hun Sen for civil society to stay clear of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-groups-say-work-to-go-on-despite-hun-sens-remarks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ethnic Jarai villagers and a local rights worker yesterday discovered about 3,000 more logs that have been illegally cut by the Vietnamese owners of a rubber concession in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, according to rights group adhoc. The logs were found stockpiled in dense forest inside <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thousands-more-logs-found-on-companys-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>